Petter Reinholdtsen: Why isn't the value of copyright taxed?

While working on a +Norwegian +translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig (76% done), +which cover the problems with todays copyright law and how it stifles +creativity, one idea occurred to me. The idea is to get the tax +office to help make more works enter the public domain and also help +make it easier to clear rights for using copyrighted works.

+ +

I mentioned this idea briefly during Yesterdays +presentation +from John Perry Barlow, and concluded that it was best to put it +in writing for a wider audience. The idea is not really based on the +argument that copyrighted works are "intellectual property", as the +core requirement is that copyrighted work have value for the copyright +holder and the tax office like to collect their share from any value +controlled by the citizens in a country. I'm sharing the idea here to +let others consider it and perhaps shoot it down with a fresh set of +arguments.

+ +

Most valuables are taxed by the government. At least here in +Norway, the amount of money you have, the value of our land property, +the value of your house, the value of your car, the value of our +stocks and other valuables are all added together. If the tax value +of these values exceed your debt, you have to pay the tax office some +taxes for these values. And copyrighted work have value. It have +value for the rights holder, who can earn money selling access to the +work. But it is not included in the tax calculations? Why not?

+ +

If the government want to tax copyrighted works, it would want to +maintain a database of all the copyrighted works and who are the +rights holders for a given works, to be able to associate the works +value to the right citizen or company for tax purposes. If such +database exist, it will become a lot easier to find out who to talk to +for clearing permissions to use a copyrighted work, which is a very +hard operation with todays copyright law.

+ +

If copyright causes copyright holders to have to pay more taxes, +they will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let +the work enter the public domain. For works with several right holders +one of the right holders could state (and get it registered in the +database) that she do not need to be consulted when clearing rights to +use the work in question and thus will not get any income from that +work. Stating this would have to be impossible to revert and stop the +tax office from adding the value of that work to the given citizens +tax calculation. I assume the copyright law would stay the same, +allowing creators to pick a license of their choosing, and also +allowing them to put their work directly in the public domain. The +existence of such database will make it even easier to clear rights, +and if the right holders listed in the database is taxed, this system +would increase the amount of works that enter the public domain.

+ +

The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and .

+ +

Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could.

+ + + Tags: english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + + +

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For noen dager siden omfavnet nok en kommune NUUGs -FiksGataMi. Med 57 kommuner -som lenker til FiksGataMi fra sine hjemmesider er "markedsandelen" -13% (av 429 kommuner). Sist ut er VÃ¥ler kommune, som slÃ¥r -fÃ¸lge med kommunene Askim, AskÃ¸y, Audnedal, Aure, Balestrand, BÃ¦rum, -Eide, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Folldal, Gran, Grue, Hadsel, Halden, -Halsa, Hamar, HobÃ¸l, HoltÃ¥len, HÃ¦gebostad, HÃ¸yanger, Kongsberg, -Kristiansund, Kvinesdal, Kviteseid, Levanger, Lindesnes, Luster, -Lyngdal, LÃ¸ten, Mandal, Marnardal, Moss, Namsos, Nissedal, Nordreisa, -Randaberg, Rindal, Sel, Sirdal, Skiptvet, Sortland, Spydeberg, -StjÃ¸rdal, Stord, SÃ¸gne, SÃ¸r-Odal, Tolga, Trysil, Tynset, TysvÃ¦r, -Ullensvang Herad, Vennesla, Verdal, VÃ¥gan, VÃ¥gÃ¥ og Ãseral. Oppdatert -liste og kart er tilgjengelig fra -NUUGs -wiki. - -

I snitt rapporteres det nÃ¥ via FiksGataMi ca. 110 meldinger fra -innbyggerne i uka om feil pÃ¥ offentlig infrastruktur.

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diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 895d851faf..65a9db791b 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,72 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:20:00 +0100 + While working on a +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Norwegian +translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig</a> (76% done), +which cover the problems with todays copyright law and how it stifles +creativity, one idea occurred to me. The idea is to get the tax +office to help make more works enter the public domain and also help +make it easier to clear rights for using copyrighted works. + +I mentioned this idea briefly during Yesterdays +<a href="http://www.farmann.no/2012/11/14/john-perry-barlow-in-oslo-friday-nov-16 +-15-30-19-00/">presentation +from John Perry Barlow</a>, and concluded that it was best to put it +in writing for a wider audience. The idea is not really based on the +argument that copyrighted works are "intellectual property", as the +core requirement is that copyrighted work have value for the copyright +holder and the tax office like to collect their share from any value +controlled by the citizens in a country. I'm sharing the idea here to +let others consider it and perhaps shoot it down with a fresh set of +arguments. + +Most valuables are taxed by the government. At least here in +Norway, the amount of money you have, the value of our land property, +the value of your house, the value of your car, the value of our +stocks and other valuables are all added together. If the tax value +of these values exceed your debt, you have to pay the tax office some +taxes for these values. And copyrighted work have value. It have +value for the rights holder, who can earn money selling access to the +work. But it is not included in the tax calculations? Why not? + +If the government want to tax copyrighted works, it would want to +maintain a database of all the copyrighted works and who are the +rights holders for a given works, to be able to associate the works +value to the right citizen or company for tax purposes. If such +database exist, it will become a lot easier to find out who to talk to +for clearing permissions to use a copyrighted work, which is a very +hard operation with todays copyright law. + +If copyright causes copyright holders to have to pay more taxes, +they will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let +the work enter the public domain. For works with several right holders +one of the right holders could state (and get it registered in the +database) that she do not need to be consulted when clearing rights to +use the work in question and thus will not get any income from that +work. Stating this would have to be impossible to revert and stop the +tax office from adding the value of that work to the given citizens +tax calculation. I assume the copyright law would stay the same, +allowing creators to pick a license of their choosing, and also +allowing them to put their work directly in the public domain. The +existence of such database will make it even easier to clear rights, +and if the right holders listed in the database is taxed, this system +would increase the amount of works that enter the public domain. + +The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and . + +Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could. + + + BankID skal ikke gi tilgang til min personsensitive informasjon http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/BankID_skal_ikke_gi_tilgang_til_min_personsensitive_informasjon.html @@ -629,33 +695,5 @@ transforming our society to a huge Panopticom on our own. - - 57 kommuner omfavner nÃ¥ FiksGataMi - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/57_kommuner_omfavner_n__FiksGataMi.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/57_kommuner_omfavner_n__FiksGataMi.html - Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:40:00 +0200 - <a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=http://www.nuug.no/prosjekt/fiksgatami/fiksgatami-municipalities-201210.kml"><img src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2012-10-17-fiksgatami.png"></a> - -For noen dager siden omfavnet nok en kommune NUUGs -<a href="http://www.fiksgatami.no/">FiksGataMi</a>. Med 57 kommuner -som lenker til FiksGataMi fra sine hjemmesider er "markedsandelen" -13% (av 429 kommuner). Sist ut er VÃ¥ler kommune, som slÃ¥r -fÃ¸lge med kommunene Askim, AskÃ¸y, Audnedal, Aure, Balestrand, BÃ¦rum, -Eide, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Folldal, Gran, Grue, Hadsel, Halden, -Halsa, Hamar, HobÃ¸l, HoltÃ¥len, HÃ¦gebostad, HÃ¸yanger, Kongsberg, -Kristiansund, Kvinesdal, Kviteseid, Levanger, Lindesnes, Luster, -Lyngdal, LÃ¸ten, Mandal, Marnardal, Moss, Namsos, Nissedal, Nordreisa, -Randaberg, Rindal, Sel, Sirdal, Skiptvet, Sortland, Spydeberg, -StjÃ¸rdal, Stord, SÃ¸gne, SÃ¸r-Odal, Tolga, Trysil, Tynset, TysvÃ¦r, -Ullensvang Herad, Vennesla, Verdal, VÃ¥gan, VÃ¥gÃ¥ og Ãseral. 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Entries tagged "english".

+ Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? +

+ 17th November 2012 +

+ +

The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and .

+ +

Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could.

+ +

+ + + Tags: english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss b/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss index 62fa490f46..5fac187776 100644 --- a/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss +++ b/blog/tags/freeculture/freeculture.rss @@ -6,6 +6,72 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:20:00 +0100 + While working on a +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Norwegian +translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig</a> (76% done), +which cover the problems with todays copyright law and how it stifles +creativity, one idea occurred to me. The idea is to get the tax +office to help make more works enter the public domain and also help +make it easier to clear rights for using copyrighted works. + +I mentioned this idea briefly during Yesterdays +<a href="http://www.farmann.no/2012/11/14/john-perry-barlow-in-oslo-friday-nov-16 +-15-30-19-00/">presentation +from John Perry Barlow</a>, and concluded that it was best to put it +in writing for a wider audience. The idea is not really based on the +argument that copyrighted works are "intellectual property", as the +core requirement is that copyrighted work have value for the copyright +holder and the tax office like to collect their share from any value +controlled by the citizens in a country. I'm sharing the idea here to +let others consider it and perhaps shoot it down with a fresh set of +arguments. + +Most valuables are taxed by the government. At least here in +Norway, the amount of money you have, the value of our land property, +the value of your house, the value of your car, the value of our +stocks and other valuables are all added together. If the tax value +of these values exceed your debt, you have to pay the tax office some +taxes for these values. And copyrighted work have value. It have +value for the rights holder, who can earn money selling access to the +work. But it is not included in the tax calculations? Why not? + +If the government want to tax copyrighted works, it would want to +maintain a database of all the copyrighted works and who are the +rights holders for a given works, to be able to associate the works +value to the right citizen or company for tax purposes. If such +database exist, it will become a lot easier to find out who to talk to +for clearing permissions to use a copyrighted work, which is a very +hard operation with todays copyright law. + +If copyright causes copyright holders to have to pay more taxes, +they will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let +the work enter the public domain. For works with several right holders +one of the right holders could state (and get it registered in the +database) that she do not need to be consulted when clearing rights to +use the work in question and thus will not get any income from that +work. Stating this would have to be impossible to revert and stop the +tax office from adding the value of that work to the given citizens +tax calculation. I assume the copyright law would stay the same, +allowing creators to pick a license of their choosing, and also +allowing them to put their work directly in the public domain. The +existence of such database will make it even easier to clear rights, +and if the right holders listed in the database is taxed, this system +would increase the amount of works that enter the public domain. + +The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and . + +Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could. + + + Seventy percent done with Norwegian docbook version of Free Culture http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Seventy_percent_done_with_Norwegian_docbook_version_of_Free_Culture.html diff --git a/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html b/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html index 0ac9aea4e2..c45b168952 100644 --- a/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/freeculture/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,84 @@

Entries tagged "freeculture".

+ Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? +

+ 17th November 2012 +

+ +

The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and .

+ +

Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could.

+ +

+ + + Tags: english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html index 4a004fce2a..2e3242deb5 100644 --- a/blog/tags/intervju/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/intervju/index.html @@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ veldig bra utvalg av gratis spill som er av hÃ¸y kvalitet. Veldig lett

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diff --git a/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html b/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html index 1880b625db..27b9a1c0bc 100644 --- a/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn/index.html @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ til Ã¥ levere hver uke. Har ikke undersÃ¸kt noen av de andre.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/open311/index.html b/blog/tags/open311/index.html index 64d9cccc17..51307f4555 100644 --- a/blog/tags/open311/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/open311/index.html @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ work like the free software project communities I am used to.

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Entries tagged "opphavsrett".

+ Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? +

+ 17th November 2012 +

+ +

The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and .

+ +

Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could.

+ +

+ + + Tags: english, freeculture, opphavsrett. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/opphavsrett.rss b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/opphavsrett.rss index b2a9aeeec7..b3082cff50 100644 --- a/blog/tags/opphavsrett/opphavsrett.rss +++ b/blog/tags/opphavsrett/opphavsrett.rss @@ -6,6 +6,72 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Why isn't the value of copyright taxed? + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Why_isn_t_the_value_of_copyright_taxed_.html + Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:20:00 +0100 + While working on a +<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Norwegian +translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig</a> (76% done), +which cover the problems with todays copyright law and how it stifles +creativity, one idea occurred to me. The idea is to get the tax +office to help make more works enter the public domain and also help +make it easier to clear rights for using copyrighted works. + +I mentioned this idea briefly during Yesterdays +<a href="http://www.farmann.no/2012/11/14/john-perry-barlow-in-oslo-friday-nov-16 +-15-30-19-00/">presentation +from John Perry Barlow</a>, and concluded that it was best to put it +in writing for a wider audience. The idea is not really based on the +argument that copyrighted works are "intellectual property", as the +core requirement is that copyrighted work have value for the copyright +holder and the tax office like to collect their share from any value +controlled by the citizens in a country. I'm sharing the idea here to +let others consider it and perhaps shoot it down with a fresh set of +arguments. + +Most valuables are taxed by the government. At least here in +Norway, the amount of money you have, the value of our land property, +the value of your house, the value of your car, the value of our +stocks and other valuables are all added together. If the tax value +of these values exceed your debt, you have to pay the tax office some +taxes for these values. And copyrighted work have value. It have +value for the rights holder, who can earn money selling access to the +work. But it is not included in the tax calculations? Why not? + +If the government want to tax copyrighted works, it would want to +maintain a database of all the copyrighted works and who are the +rights holders for a given works, to be able to associate the works +value to the right citizen or company for tax purposes. If such +database exist, it will become a lot easier to find out who to talk to +for clearing permissions to use a copyrighted work, which is a very +hard operation with todays copyright law. + +If copyright causes copyright holders to have to pay more taxes, +they will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let +the work enter the public domain. For works with several right holders +one of the right holders could state (and get it registered in the +database) that she do not need to be consulted when clearing rights to +use the work in question and thus will not get any income from that +work. Stating this would have to be impossible to revert and stop the +tax office from adding the value of that work to the given citizens +tax calculation. I assume the copyright law would stay the same, +allowing creators to pick a license of their choosing, and also +allowing them to put their work directly in the public domain. The +existence of such database will make it even easier to clear rights, +and if the right holders listed in the database is taxed, this system +would increase the amount of works that enter the public domain. + +The effect would be that the tax office help to make it easier to +get rights to use the works that have not yet entered the public +domain and help to get more work into the public domain and . + +Why have such taxing not happened yet? I am sure the tax office +would like to tax copyrighted work values if they could. + + + Amazon steal books from customer and throw out her out without any explanation http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Amazon_steal_books_from_customer_and_throw_out_her_out_without_any_explanation.html diff --git a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html index ee8100784b..69d39cc3b0 100644 --- a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html @@ -4669,7 +4669,7 @@ kontanter for noen dager siden.

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